Teaching Artist

As an educator, my goal is for students to experience self discovery and find new meaning in their work. We are lucky to live in a time when many instrumental techniques have already been discovered. That being said, developing a musically expressive voice is fundamentally rooted in improvisation. I am lucky to have had both intensive classical and improvisational training on the oboe and the violin, and can teach students healthy techniques on these instruments. My teaching is a mix of guided experimentation, standard techniques for producing sound and creating harmonies, quick fixes, and improvisation exercises. These practices teach us to approach music without fear, value our own creativity, and find meaning in the ways we relate to each other and the world.

SELECTED YOUTH TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Lead Teaching Artist, Singing and Songwriting, The Cantata Singers Classroom Cantatas Program, Boston, MA 2019-Present

Strings Teaching Artist: Boston Music Project, Boston Public Schools, Boston MA 2022-Present

Violin Faculty: North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Boston, MA 2022-Present

 Teaching Fellow: Boston Children’s Chorus. Boston, MA, September 2018-August 2020

SELECTED ADULT TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Private Violin Instructor: September 2020-Present—Specialization in folk genres, improvisation, and teaching students to sing and play violin at the same time

Director: Georgian Choir, Wholetone Music Academy, Somerville, MA Spring 2023

Co-Director: Healing Arts Ensemble, Wholetone Music Academy, Somerville MA Spring 2023

INTERNATIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Your Authentic Voice, Bielefeld and Munich, Germany July 2019

Expressive arts improvisation facilitator for 3-hour workshop that also included yoga-voice and songwriting

Northern Harmony 2017 Teaching Tour, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA August-November 2017

3-month tour including 50 concerts, 30 teaching workshops, 4 multi-day teaching residencies

Folk Music Singing Workshop Leader-Ojalá Community Center, Llíria, Spain, July 2015

Developed and facilitated two 3-hour choral workshops for bilingual audience.

CONSERVATORY TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 

Teaching Assistant: Intro to Jazz Theory and Ear Training, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, September 2015-May 2017

SELECTED VOLUNTEER TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Vocal technique, singing and chanting coach: Jamaica Plain for Palestine Spring 2024-present